MEENU BALA vs ASHWANI KUMAR

TA-696-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 124 TA-696-2026 Date of Decision: 21.05.2026 Meenu Bala .…Petitioner Versus Ashwani Kumar .... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. Sanish Girdhar, Advocate for Mr. Kamal Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in this petition filed by the petitioner-wife is for transfer of petition filed by the respondent-husband under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 bearing No. HMA/210/2026 dated 05.02.2026 (Annexure P-1) titled as ‘Ashwani Kumar vs. Meenu Bala, pending before the learned Family Court, Amritsar to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Patti, Sessions Division Tarn Taran. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, submits that :- i) Marriage of the petitioner with the respondent was solemnized on 08.02.2011. ii) Two sons were born out of the said wedlock, who are presently in the care and custody of the respondent- husband. iii) Due to matrimonial discord the parties are residing separately since 27.01.2026. iv) The petitioner has no source of income and her parents are suffering from old age ailments due to they are unable to accompany